Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine discuss the indictment at a press conference Friday afternoon.

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Ohio Speaker of the House William Batchelder has called for the resignation of State Rep. Peter Beck as Beck faces up to 102 years in prison in a 16-count felony indictment for securities fraud stemming from allegations that he helped bilk investors of $200,000 in his private business dealings.

A Hamilton County grand jury on Friday charged Beck, a Mason Republican who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, with four counts of theft and two counts each of securities fraud, making misrepresentations and selling securities in an insolvent company without full disclosure, among ...